1964 compilation album by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Great Times! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington 's featuring duet performances with his arranger and musical partner Billy Strayhorn originally recorded for the Mercer Records label in 1950, and later released on a 10" LP called Piano Duets . The sessions were re-released on Riverside as Great Times! in 1984 with tracks from an additional session with Oscar Pettiford .
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "quite fascinating... most memorable. Intriguing music".[ 1]
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"Cotton Tail " – 2:55 "C Jam Blues " (Barney Bigard , Ellington) – 2:58 "Flamingo " (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya ) – 3:00 "Bang–Up Blues" – 3:08 "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 2:59 "Johnny Come Lately" (Strayhorn) – 3:01 "In a Blue Summer Garden" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:06 "Great Times" – 2:56 "Perdido " (Juan Tizol ) –2:57 "Take the "A" Train " (Strayhorn) – 2:20 "Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford ) – 2:44 "Blues for Blanton" – 2:36 Recorded in New York on September 13 (tracks 9–12), October 3 (tracks 5–8) & November (tracks 1–4), 1950
Studio albums Harlem Jazz, 1930 Ellingtonia, Vol. One Ellingtonia, Vol. Two Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year The Blanton–Webster Band Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Smoke Rings Liberian Suite Great Times! Masterpieces by Ellington Ellington Uptown The Duke Plays Ellington Ellington '55 Dance to the Duke! Ellington Showcase Historically Speaking Duke Ellington Presents... The Complete Porgy and Bess A Drum Is a Woman Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 Such Sweet Thunder Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 Ellington Indigos Black, Brown and Beige Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque The Cosmic Scene Happy Reunion Jazz Party Anatomy of a Murder Festival Session Blues in Orbit The Nutcracker Suite Piano in the Background Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. Unknown Session Piano in the Foreground Paris Blues Featuring Paul Gonsalves Midnight in Paris Studio Sessions, New York 1962 Afro-Bossa The Symphonic Ellington Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session Studio Sessions New York 1963 My People Ellington '65 Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins Ellington '66 Concert in the Virgin Islands The Popular Duke Ellington Far East Suite The Jaywalker Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York ...And His Mother Called Him Bill Second Sacred Concert Studio Sessions New York, 1968 Latin American Suite The Pianist New Orleans Suite Orchestral Works The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 The Intimacy of the Blues The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 The Intimate Ellington The Ellington Suites This One's for Blanton! Up in Duke's Workshop Duke's Big 4 Mood Ellington Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
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